Ukrainian Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin honored our Shipyard with his visit on November 17th 2012. Ukrainian Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin has been in a offical visit to Turkey as the special guest of Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Murat Bilgel.

Ukrainian Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin has first visited AKSAZ Naval Base where he had the opportunity to visit in detail TCG Ç-151, the First of the Eight LCT (Landing Craft Tank) built by ANADOLU Shipyard during the years of 2009-2012 for the Turkish Navy Command.

In the İstanbul part of his official visit, Ukrainian Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin first visited Pendik Navy Shipyard and then came to ANADOLU Shipyard, together with Turkish Vice Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu, Commander of North Sea Region.

Commander Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin has shown an interest in LCTs built by our Shipyard for Turkish Navy and our Patrol Vessels design. Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin and his delegation has asked technical and administrative questions about these two vessels, which were answered by both CEO Ertuğ Yaşar and Defense Group Coordinator Admiral (ret) Metin Poyrazlar.